Song lyrics
The soundtrack of Kana ~Little Sister~ includes three vocal songs, performed by 'KANA' (Naoko Futami):
Two new vocal songs were recorded for the remake, Kana Okaeri. These songs were performed by Miu Arimura.
The White Season
Two silhouettes standing on the top of the hill.
The wind is blowing.
I feel like crying in the silence.
But I mutter "I'm okay", looking up at the floating clouds.
We open the door to the white season with two tickets in our hands.
I don't need anything. I just want to keep looking at your profile.
I want to know our future. I wish I had a mirror, which shows our future.
My feeling is flowing out of my trembling heart.
Please colour me as you want.
I don't know why, but it's so clear.
We understand each other. We're meant to be together.
I silently wait for you like a little bird.
When the fruit of the tree pops, something will begin to change.
As I trace your name with my finger, I smile.
Please grant my slight hope before it fades away.
In my dream, I sleep in your arms.
We open the door to the white season with two tickets in our hands.
I don't need anything. I just want to keep looking at your profile.
I want to know our future. I wish I had a mirror, which shows our future.
My feeling is flowing out of my trembling heart.
Please colour me as you want.
Lyrics: Sara Yajima
Music: Hechima
Translation: G-Collections
Believe
There is a row of roofs dyed deep red; I like the twilight.
We're holding hands
and we intentionally take the long way home.
The song you always sang to me, the song I just learned,
is like a warm wind.
The image of your kind, gentle smile
is still fresh in my mind.
Since that time, we haven't spoken to each other.
Actually, nothing has changed; nothing has happened.
When I lie down in my bed, I remember your warm touch,
and I thought this innocent happiness could continue forever.
However, the twilight brings heartrending sorrow.
Round eyes, please tell me why you fill with tears.
The first time I saw the ocean,
I was afraid of the waves,
and when you held me
my heart began to race.
I believe, I believe,
even though we can't take time back,
the brilliance of that day remains in our hearts,
so stay here and don't leave me.
Round eyes,
oh, I want, I wish to keep
those distant memories.
Those distant memories.
Lyrics: Sara Yajima
Music: Hideki Takahashi
Translation: Potade
For You
In the late afternoon, on the quiet table,
the lemongrass seems to be waiting for someone.
The rhythm of the ticking flutters.
I anxiously watch the clock's hands.
When you come up from the subway, you can see it right away:
the street, all aglow.
A shirt flutters in the sky, and the trail of clouds grows longer.
I open the window and reach out,
and I'm captivated by the bright voices outside.
Wearing white sneakers, I want to run as far as I can.
The smell of the wind, the feeling of the baby grass:
look – now I'm alive.
Even though I could choose this way or that way to tell you,
whichever way it is, it's the real me.
I'm sorry; I've troubled you so many times.
Your bright eyes turn away from me.
All of us need a place to rest.
I know it well.
I flip through the pages of the old diary;
I feel a little bit ashamed.
The faded characters take me back to the old days:
I was so innocent, and I miss it.
On the next lonely night, I'll ask you to stay with me.
I won't turn around; I won't get lost.
Those are beautiful memories.
A shirt flutters in the sky, and the trail of clouds grows longer.
I open the window and reach out,
and I'm enticed by the bright voices outside.
Wearing white sneakers, I want to run as far as I can.
I see myself sweating, I feel myself panting,
so I definitely know I'm alive.
I'll live for you till then.
Lyrics: Sara Yajima
Music: Hechima
Translation: Potade
Shiosai no Melody
The two of us got on a train and came to the deserted beach.
The smell of the salt water filled my lungs.
The deep blue sea that I was seeing for the first time
was bigger than I'd imagined, letting me think
that all the things I was worried about weren't even important.
One day, I want to leap over the horizon of the ocean
and walk on streets I've never seen before.
The melody of the crashing waves.
Because I'm not afraid of anything anymore
as long as you're gently holding me close,
I want to return all of the tears I've cried before today to the sea,
right here and now.
When the freezing sea wind blows,
you kindly draw me close to your shoulder.
You've always protected me; thank you.
I really hope that the wavering beam from the lighthouse in the distance
will always shine on our destination.
Our names, which we gently traced in the sand,
get washed away by the white waves.
The melody of the crashing waves –
I definitely won't forget it.
Your smile shines in your eyes.
And it's only now, after coming here, that I've realised:
tears taste the same as the sea, don't they?
The melody of the crashing waves.
Because I'm not afraid of anything anymore
as long as you're gently holding me close,
I want to return all of the tears I've cried before today to the sea,
right here and now.
Lyrics: Melody Nelson
Music:
Hechima
Translation: Bookworm
Edits: Darkling
Message
There's still more I want to say; there are more tears I want to cry.
I want to walk outside in the sunlight some more.
My fingertips are getting so cold I can't feel my memories;
I can't even see you.
I have to go soon – alone, to the other side of the sky.
So my last message to you, from the bottom of my heart,
is "thank you".
I won't be able to run again; we won't be able to see each other again.
I won't be able to laugh again... This is goodbye, isn't it?
Through lips as cold as ice, I keep calling to the person I love,
but my words freeze in the air, turning white.
A ship is sailing in through the night
to take me away to the distant stars.
I'm leaving this message for you:
I'll never forget you.
I have to go soon – alone, to the other side of the sky.
So my last message to you is "thank you"...
A ship is sailing in through the night
to take me away to the distant stars.
I'm leaving this message for you:
I'll always love you, forever.
Lyrics: Melody Nelson
Music: Hideki Takahashi
Translation: Bookworm
Edits: Darkling